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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Mossad Presence in Kurdistan Region Obvious, Iran Strikes a Message to Erbil: Expert

Mossad Presence in Kurdistan Region Obvious, Iran Strikes a Message to Erbil: Expert

Thursday 17 March 2022
Kurdish TV stations in the Kurdish region showed is that rockets hit the building, and eight rockets led to destruction of the building, but it is not yet known whether the attack caused casualties. Only one news outlet called IntelSky claimed that in response to the attack, the Israelis vowed they ...
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How IS Sadr Marring Anti-Resistance Plots in Iraq?

How IS Sadr Marring Anti-Resistance Plots in Iraq?

Tuesday 26 April 2022 ،
Kurdish officials, the Israeli regime is destination of 75 percent of oil produced by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq and reciprocally Tel Aviv had been the main backer of the September 2017 independence referendum organized by Masoud Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan. All the evid ...
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West Plotting New Chaos, Crisis in Iraq

West Plotting New Chaos, Crisis in Iraq

Wednesday 1 June 2022 ،
Kurdish card to fuel a new crisis like in the past decades. In 2017, the Western intelligence agencies organized the Kurdish region independence referendum at the hand of Masoud Barzani, the former president of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), but their plot was foiled by the resistance forces a ...
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Iraq Govt.’s Plan to Control Borders with Iran and Turkey: Challenges, Solutions

Iraq Govt.’s Plan to Control Borders with Iran and Turkey: Challenges, Solutions

Sunday 18 December 2022 ،
Kurdish officials a six-month deadline to end oil smuggling. According to the agreement, Erbil authorities should export oil exclusively through the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO), Iraq’s national company responsible for oil marketing and sales.  This comes as Intesar al- ...
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Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns

Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns

Sunday 23 July 2023 ،
Kurdish interests are consonant with those of Baku in Karabakh dispute. Yazidi Kurds with a population of 300,000 are the biggest racial minority in Armenia, and Azerbaijani media frequently air programs of alleged Armenian abuses of this minority.  In examination of bilateral economic goals, ...
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Wednesday 26 July 2023 ،
Kurdish Peshmerga forces are not leaving the province, warning that “if this situation continues this way, in the future we will witness escalation of tensions by the protesting people.”  Pointing to the several meetings of the delegations sent to Erbil with Masoud Barzani and his ...
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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

Thursday 10 August 2023 ،
Kurdish delegation are also reviewing the draft oil and gas law. Erbil officials said the ball is in the court of the federal government to implement the agreements and pay the region's budget and the salaries of the Peshmerga forces, and to enforce the defense mechanism under article 140 of the ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur

Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur

Tuesday 24 October 2023 ،
Kurdish Peshmerga forces clashed over an evacuated PKK base. Alwaght- Despite the growing political and economic competition between the Kurdistan region of Iraq and the central government in Baghdad, in recent months security differences have overshadowed their bilateral ties. On Sunday, minor clas ...
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Will Kirkuk Reembrace Security after Recent Provincial Election?

Will Kirkuk Reembrace Security after Recent Provincial Election?

Sunday 24 December 2023 ،
Kurdish parties Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and these parties did their best to get the highest percentage of votes in the provincial council elections to advance the argument that this province is predominantly Kurdish. About 870,920 people were eligible for vot ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime The strengthening of relations between Israel and Iraqi Kurds began with the onset of the Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime, which lasted from 1961 to 1970. ALWAGHT- In the da ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies